The next time you're walking down a dark alley and you are approached by young men in ascots, khaki's and top-siders who ask for directions, think twice because they could be gang members. Apparently gangs in Guatamala have adopted a "preppy" look to avoid being harassment from police, who normally identify gang members by their tattoo's and unique fashion sense. But with the help of an educated secretary turned member, gangs are finding new and better ways to extort money and smuggle drugs and weapons. While this shouldn't be surprising or really even newsworthy to anyone who is even superficially aware that gangs have been doing shit like this for quite some time. Ingenuity and adaptation are kind of the hallmark of what it is to be both human and an animal; the fact that uneducated gangs are turning to the educated for help should be about as surprising as the realization that bears usually shit in the woods.
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